Self-Harm

Self-Harm

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Summary

Worryingly common in young women, self-harm is often used as a way of easing emotional suffering. In this text, Gardner explores the issues involved from the perspective of a psychoanalytical psychotherapist.

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Self-Harm by Fiona Gardner

Self-harm is worryingly common in young women, and is often used as a way of easing emotional suffering. Self-Harm: A Psychotherapeutic Approach explores the issues involved from the perspective of a psychoanalytical psychotherapist. Fiona Gardner examines these issues through extensive clinical material and an analysis of the social and cultural influences behind self-harm. This book will be of interest to all those working with those who are harming themselves, including psychotherapists, school counsellors, social workers and mental health clinicians.

'A clear and sensitive readWe are taken through the book in a logical and easy to follow way ... I would definitely recommend this book to trainees and supervisees and, I would suggest, it should be compulsory reading on training courses.- British Journal of Psychotherapy, 2004


It is a clear and sensitive read. We are taken through the book in a logical and easy to follow way ... I would definitely recommend this book to trainees and supervisees and, I would suggest, it should be compulsory reading on training courses. - Wendy Bratherton in the British Journal of Psychotherapy, 2004

Fiona Gardner is a psychoanalytic psychotherapist and a training therapist and supervisor. She has been published in leading national and international psychotherapy journals on gender, sexual abuse and psychotherapy training, and has contributed to several books.

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ISBN 13 9780415233033
ISBN 10 0415233038
Title Self-Harm
Author Fiona Gardner
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published 2001-10-11
Number of pages 174
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.